πεδίον

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“trace, footstep”), and related to πούς (poús, “foot”). Compare πέδον (pédon, “soil, ground”).^[1]

πεδίον • (pedíon) n (genitive πεδίου); second declension

open country, field, plain, flat
metatarsus
female genitals
- the Lysistrata:
  νὴ μὰ Δία Βοιωτία, καλόν γ’ ἔχουσα τὸ πεδίον

The line in the Lysistrata uses this term in an innuendo (wordplay on its usual meaning of "plain") to refer to a female's genitals.

Second declension of τὸ πεδῐ́ον; τοῦ πεδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεδῐ́ον tò pedĭ́on	τὼ πεδῐ́ω tṑ pedĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πεδῐ́ᾰ tằ pedĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ πεδῐ́ου toû pedĭ́ou	τοῖν πεδῐ́οιν toîn pedĭ́oin	τῶν πεδῐ́ων tôn pedĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πεδῐ́ῳ tōî pedĭ́ōi	τοῖν πεδῐ́οιν toîn pedĭ́oin	τοῖς πεδῐ́οις toîs pedĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πεδῐ́ον tò pedĭ́on	τὼ πεδῐ́ω tṑ pedĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πεδῐ́ᾰ tằ pedĭ́ă
Vocative	πεδῐ́ον pedĭ́on	πεδῐ́ω pedĭ́ō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πεδῐ́ον; πεδῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πεδῐ́ον pedĭ́on	πεδῐ́ω pedĭ́ō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedĭ́ă
Genitive	πεδῐ́ου / πεδῐοῖο / πεδῐ́οιο / πεδῐόο / πεδῐ́οο pedĭ́ou / pedĭoîo / pedĭ́oio / pedĭóo / pedĭ́oo	πεδῐ́οιν / πεδῐ́οιῐν pedĭ́oi(ĭ)n	πεδῐ́ων pedĭ́ōn
Dative	πεδῐ́ῳ pedĭ́ōi	πεδῐ́οιν / πεδῐ́οιῐν pedĭ́oi(ĭ)n	πεδῐ́οισῐ / πεδῐ́οισῐν / πεδῐ́οις pedĭ́oisĭ(n) / pedĭ́ois
Accusative	πεδῐ́ον pedĭ́on	πεδῐ́ω pedĭ́ō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedĭ́ă
Vocative	πεδῐ́ον pedĭ́on	πεδῐ́ω pedĭ́ō	πεδῐ́ᾰ pedĭ́ă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέδον (> DER πεδίον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1160-1

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“πεδίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- champaign idem, page 123.
- heath idem, page 393.
- plain idem, page 616.
- plateau idem, page 618.
- stretch idem, page 825.
- tract idem, page 885.